Joseph Foster - Software Engineer

About
Projects

40%

Reduction in manual deployment tasks

50%

Faster OS deployment with Ansible

10x

Faster App deployment with CI/CD pipelines

Recent Experience

IT Support Technician - Blu Wireless Technology

September 2022 – August 2024

Led company-wide server migration to Rocky Linux with minimal downtime
Built comprehensive Ansible configuration management system
Delivered cross-functional automation tools improving deployment velocity
Managed enterprise infrastructure: firewalls, monitoring, VM deployment

Education

MPhys Theoretical Physics, 2:1

University of Liverpool (2015)

Strong foundation in complex problem-solving, analytical thinking, and mathematical precision that drives my engineering approach.

Systems & Infrastructure

Languages, APIs & Tooling

Python Go Bash/Shell Scripting JavaScript Whisper Flask FastAPI ElevenLabs Git SQL/PostgreSQL Oracle DB HTML/CSS Bootstrap/SCSS Jinja2 CLI Tools Claude Code WindSurf

Featured Projects

Doggydex 🐾

A production-ready web application that identifies dog breeds using Convolutional Neural Net fine-tuned using PyTorch. CNN optimized using quantization for lightweight infrastructure.

CoverLettered 🪶

A cover letter generator that takes a job description and user resume as input and outputs a cover letter tailored to the role.

Dicto 🎤

An AI powered voice-to-text application that summarizes and catagorizes ideas into useful notes.

Lucid Voice 🤖

LED visualization system for conversational AI responses using OpenAI API, speech-to-text and text-to-speech APIs. Interpreting spoken inputs and visualising responses.